Domain investors got some welcome
news this week when Uniregistry
issued a press
release revealing their sales results for the first
eight months of this year. They reported closing over $29 million
worth of sales in that time frame and followed the release by
sharing millions of dollars worth of specific names and prices to
those of us who report on domain aftermarket activity.

As you know, we report weekly public sales
results in this column but those are just the tip of the iceberg.
In 2017 we've seen a lot of weeks that appeared to be slow on the
surface but the new information from Uniregistry (that all
should applaud them for making available) shows that sizeable sales
are being made behind the scenes day in and day out
(Uniregistry reported closing more than 3,600 sales since
January 1).

Whenever current year sales are released
we chart eligible sales in the week the information first comes to
light. That allowed Uniregistry to make a clean sweep of this
week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart (the big release
is obviously advantageous this week but waiting to release so
much at once (which is how they have historically done it) also
means they gave up visibility on the 2017 charts until now, so it
all evens out).

By
Ron Jackson

More than 2,100 of the specific
sales Uniregistry shared fall within the range of sales we track
which is $2,000 and above for .com domains and $1,000 and up for all
other extensions. I will sum up the cream of the crop in this column
but am also making the complete list of those sales available
to you in a Word document that you can access
here.

The treasure trove of data includes a half-dozen
six-figure sales that top our latest leader board. Kombucha.com
set the pace at $200,000 in a sale that also ranks among the
year's 20 biggest sales to date.
Kombucha.com was followed by Squeeze.com at $150,000, Hebe.com
at $125,000 and MasterPlan.com at $117,650.
Rounding out the sextet are RRA.com and UsedCarsForSale.com
at $100,000 each.

The .coms went on to sweep 22 of
the 24 chart entries (the extra spots resulted from a five-way tie
for the final position). The only exceptions were a pair of .nets
- #12 (tie) Odds.net at $70,000 and #20 (tie) Juegos.net
at $60,000.

Here is how the sales leaders
stacked up for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017: